Tag



l 1,524,893 Feb' 3 1925' F. H. 'r-HoMPsoN TAG Filed Oct. 19, 1923 Patented Feb. 3, 1925.

FRANK H. THOMPSON, OF FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY,' OF FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- TAG.

Application filed Octobei- 19, 1923. Serial No. 669,483.

To all/whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Framingham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improve` ments in Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shipping or marking tags and more particularly to the devices employed forl tying or attaching such tags to baggage, packages or other articles.

Objects of the invention are-to increase the effective strength and to reduce the length of the cord, string, wire or other attachment filament necessary to provide a suitable attachment of the tag to the article to be tagged; to provide a tag easier to manufacture than those with knotted attachment filaments; to provide a connection between the attachment filament and the body of the tag adapted to hold the string or other filament in a more fixed relation than heretofore; and to provide a cordage or string attachment filament which will conserve the effective tensile strength of the cordage or string without substantial additional expense, and so permit use of cordage of less than usual strength without loss of effective whole strength of the attachment of the tag to the thing tagged.

According to this invention, these and other advantages and economies :flow from a new way of assembling the attachment 'filament and the body `of the tag resulting in the avoidance of knots and the prevention of reeving or slipping of the cordage or other filament through its attachment hole, and in stiffening the filament in an erect position, so that an assembled bundle of tags will present each filament in the proper position.

A preferred construction comprises a cordage or other filament having runs eX- tending from the hole at opposite sides of the body of the tag fastened together near the edge of the body of lthe tag by a binding, for example, by a surrounding metallicA clip holding the runs firmly together in alignment with each other so that they are secured against pulling apart or sliding longitudinally of each other. This permits ,one or more of said runs to be out 0E at or near the Vbinding without weakening the attachment to the tag. i

For a more detailed description of the invention, reference is made to the draw Fig. 1 Ais a fragmentary front view of the tag showing one embodiment of the invention;

. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side tion of the tag in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front view of another modification;V

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view of a tion of the tag in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front view of another embodiment of the invention.

In`Fig. 1 the body of the tag 10 is provided with an attachment filament 9 passed through the hole12 in the body 10 and reinforcement 13, and ending at 11. The attachment filament may be of string, wire, tape or other suitable material. A binding 14 of steel or other stiff material, preferably a steelwire clip as shown, encircles the two view of a porruns 15 and 16 which are brought together' near the edge of the body of the tag. The clip 14 presses the runs 15 and 16 in close engagement with each other so that they are secured against sliding longitudinally of each other by the friction between runs as well as'by the locking action of clip 14 which slightly constricts the runs by its pressure. This avoids the strain upon the attachment filament consequent upon tying it into the interlocked loops or crossing bights of a lmet, and provides a whole structure of a tensile strength superior to that of'a knotted filament ofthe same material. This is ascribed to holding the runs 15, 16 straight and in frictional contact with each other, as well as close to the body of the tag as shown in Fig. 2. The close relation of the runs, due to the binding of the clip 14, puts the runs 15 and 16 and, to a considerable eXtent, the runs 9 and 11, imder a stress and tension that stiflens them to a marked degree, tending to maintain them in a stiff standing position relativet'o the tag and the string 11 is thus held in a relatively fixed or rigid position with respect to the body of the tag. The string 11, having a tension and stable base attachment to the tag, accordingly stands straight .Out from the tag body 10, and provides a single string for attachment to the thing to be tagged.

In the ordinary tag of the Vprior art in which the attachment filament is a loop of a single cord or string passed through the body of the tag, it is customary to tie a knot near the edge of the body or near the far ends of the string in both runs of the filament in order to prevent displacement of the attachment lament.v The present invention conserves the length of attachment {ila-ment ordinarily required for the second run of the iilament and for the knot by holding it straight, and eliminates the complicated operation of tying the knot7 thus resulting in appreciable saving in the cost of manufacturing tags in large quantities.

In Fig. 3 the single attachment filament 18 is shown as formed into a loop 19, the double free ends 2O of which are looped through the body of the 10, the runs extending from the hole 'l2 at opposite sides of the body 10 being firmly held together by the clip 17. This provides for a doubled anchorage bight at 20a, 20, wh ich it would be impracticable lto provide by lrnotting, because the knot would then be tied in four strands, and would be too thick if it could be effectively tied at all. The closed loop 19 is usually advantageous, but if desired the loop Amay be cut to provide free ends.

in Fig. 5 the attachment filament 18 is shown separately passed through holes `21 in the body of the tag 10 and a reinforcement patch 22 to provide anehorages severally for the singlebights of the filament 18. VThe clip 17 lmaintains the runs of the filament 18 extending from the bights 23 in a relatively rigid relationship with respect to each other and the body of the tag 10.

It will be seen in all the forms of the. Ainvention disclosed, there is Vprovided :i stable base for attachment of the filamentto the tag, this being accomplished by the close binding and tension of the base runs of the string by the clip or equivalent vdevice, and such stiffened ibase portion gives the upstanding rela-tion of the string to the tag with the advantageous results heretofore pointed out.

The preferred form of clip 17 shown comprises a coil of one turn of wirebent to binding relation by a stapling or die-forming operation, but obviously many of the advantages of the invent-ion may be gained by applied bindings of other forms or materials.

I claim:

1. A tag having a body and a looped cord, both free ends of the cord being extended through the tag body and folded back 'along the loop, and a binding means surround! ing the loop runs of said loop and said free ends and pinching the four strands together, whereby a fiat, anchored bight is provided.

2. A tag having a body and a looped cord` both free ends of the cord being extended through the tag body and folded back along the loop, and a clip surrounding the loop runs of said loop and said free ends and pinching the four strands together, whereby a flat, anchored bight is provided.

3. A tag having abody and a looped cord` both free ends of the cord being extended through the tag body and folded back along the loop, and a clip surrounding the loop runs of said loop and said. free ends and pinching the four strands together close to the margin lof said tag body, whereby a 'dan anchored, stiffened bight is provided. which tends to maintain the loop in stiff upstanding position.

4. A tag having a body portion provided with two openings, a cord loop having its free ends extending through said openings, respectively, and folded back along the runs of the loop, and a metal clip surrounding the loop runs and free ends and pinching the four strands together close to the ymargin of said tagbody, whereby dat, stiifened, bights are provided which tend yto maintain the loop in stiff upstanding position.

Signed by me at Framingham, Massachusetts, this tenth day of October 1923.

FRANK H. THOMPSON. 

